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Tiger Swallowtail · 08:17 PM

Shutter: 1/640s
Kind of like this one from this morning in the bright sunshine.

photolady95 · 07-10-2010, 08:35 PM

Nice shot Tom. TFS

imtheguy · 07-10-2010, 08:45 PM

Excellent shot using the da55-300 considering such a wide aperture (f5.8). If I may recommend you use a much smaller aperture for greater DOF, it looks like the entire subject would have been in sharp focus. Bumping the ISO a couple stops and droping the shutter by a stop would give the latitude to move to, say f14.
Thanks for posting, I always enjoy watching them feed because with that extra long built-in straw you can see what is giong on.

**ramseybuckeye** · 07-10-2010, 09:03 PM

I really had the camera ready to try to catch some bank swallows, but came upon this first, I did get one at f8 and 1/200

Frogfish · 07-10-2010, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by imtheguy

Excellent shot using the da55-300 considering such a wide aperture (f5.8). If I may recommend you use a much smaller aperture for greater DOF, it looks like the entire subject would have been in sharp focus. Bumping the ISO a couple stops and droping the shutter by a stop would give the latitude to move to, say f14.
Thanks for posting, I always enjoy watching them feed because with that extra long built-in straw you can see what is giong on.

Exactly my first thoughts too ..... but it's still a lovely shot.

Understand why 1/640 was used Tom, swallows are a tad faster than butterflies

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07-10-2010, 08:35 PM	#2
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	Nice shot Tom. TFS

07-10-2010, 08:45 PM	#3
imtheguy Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,950	Excellent shot using the da55-300 considering such a wide aperture (f5.8). If I may recommend you use a much smaller aperture for greater DOF, it looks like the entire subject would have been in sharp focus. Bumping the ISO a couple stops and droping the shutter by a stop would give the latitude to move to, say f14. Thanks for posting, I always enjoy watching them feed because with that extra long built-in straw you can see what is giong on.

07-10-2010, 09:03 PM	#4
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,296 Original Poster	I really had the camera ready to try to catch some bank swallows, but came upon this first, I did get one at f8 and 1/200

07-10-2010, 10:27 PM	#5
Frogfish Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Shanghai Posts: 4,490	Originally posted by imtheguy Excellent shot using the da55-300 considering such a wide aperture (f5.8). If I may recommend you use a much smaller aperture for greater DOF, it looks like the entire subject would have been in sharp focus. Bumping the ISO a couple stops and droping the shutter by a stop would give the latitude to move to, say f14. Thanks for posting, I always enjoy watching them feed because with that extra long built-in straw you can see what is giong on. Exactly my first thoughts too ..... but it's still a lovely shot. Understand why 1/640 was used Tom, swallows are a tad faster than butterflies

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